Franconia Notch

We had a great 8 mile bike ride this morning - in & out of the woods, past cascading streams, mirror surfaced lakes and mountain vistas - but were glad the car was waiting at the end of the trail. Would not have been as much fun coming back up - there is a 700 foot downhill elevation change! Franconia Notch is actually a "pass" where the road goes over the mountains - hardly visible in the landscape unless you are on the road. The park attendant told us there are a couple of bear families with cubs living in the mountains behind the campground and sometimes they can be seen on the ski slopes this summer. Says she has one behind her house that visits so frequently that she is afraid to swim in her pond. We said "You swim in this weather?!!" - we haven't had our sweatshirts off! We stopped by to tell her thanks for helping with the car positioning and that we had a great ride - she told us last year there was a guy jogging on the same path and he saw a baby moose - he was so busy watching it that he ran right into the mother moose and dislocated his shoulder! No bears or moose for us! We have seen plenty of ravens - like crows only bigger and they make a really annoying sound. The ranger says to be aware when you are eating outside - they swoop down and grab your food! It rained again this afternoon so instead of hiking we went exploring in the car. They predict sunshine tomorrow - maybe we can play some golf!